Hoazin

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hoazin \Hoa"zin\, n. (Zool.)
     A remarkable South American bird ({Opisthocomus cristatus});
     the crested touraco. By some Zoologists it is made the type
     of a distinct order ({Opisthocomi}).
     [1913 Webster]